Later in the article Betsy adds:
McCaughey proposed allowing veterans on Medicare to use a “special Medigap card” to receive “non-combat-related,” “age-related” treatment, such as bypass surgery and angioplasty at civilian hospitals, particularly teaching hospitals.
“It would reduce the backlog by as much as half, solving this national crisis,” she said.
“And in many cases, vets would get better care, because the mortality rates at the teaching hospitals associated with many of these VA medical centers are much lower. They’re high volume hospitals, and they do these age-related procedures all the time,” McCaughey added.
The solution maybe an idea of a State Senator here in Michigan Pat Colbeck. It lost in the Senate 19 to 18 via arm twisting IMHO as an alternative to Medicaid Expansion. Shame on Gov. Snyder.
It combines a HSA with Concierge Service.
Give our Vet's a card that does what Senator Pat proposed. BTW it was estimated it would be half the cost of Medicaid or Medicare in the State.
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